COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The director of South Carolina prisons is asking for more than $100 million to upgrade security and raise employee salaries. Director Bryan Stirling appeared Wednesday before a panel of three House members for the first of about a half-dozen meetings about his request. Stirling wants a new electronic lock system to replace the physical key needed…
Sumter County Coroner’s Office is releasing more details after a teenager’s body was found in front of an abandoned home on Monday.
Orangeburg, SC (WOLO) –South Carolina State University honors one of its alumna, the late Dr. Emily England0-Clyburn, by naming its honors college after her. Dr. Clyburn, was a Librarian, Activist, Philanthropist, trailblazer and the wife and right hand of House Majority Whip and South Carolina Representative Jim Clyburn. Through her life, Dr. Clyburn fought for civil rights and education for…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Congratulations are in order for three Midlands schools. White Knoll Elementary school in Lexington School District One, Batesburg-Leesville High school in Lexington School District Three and Dutch Fork High school in Lexington-Richland school District Five have all been named among the seven finalists for the 2020 ‘Palmetto’s Finest Awards’. The South Carolina Association of School Administrators…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — After Governor Henry McMaster finished his speech for the 2020 State of the State address, House Minority Leader and Richland County Representative Todd Rutherford gave the Democratic response. Rutherford highlighted the need for criminal justice reform, legalizing medical cannabis as a safer alternative to the ongoing opioid crisis, and even calling an abortion bill a “divisive”…
RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WOLO) – A burglar was caught on camera breaking into a home in Richland County. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department released surveillance video showing showing a guy slowly opening up a window of a home on Lochmore Drive near Leesburg Road. Forensic evidence from the scene identified the suspect as Reginel Wroten. RCSD says he used a…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-Governor Henry McMaster made education, taxes and the fetal heartbeat bill a top priority at this third state of the state address Wednesday night. McMaster made it clear that he wants to kick off 2020 by helping teachers. His goal is to have South Carolina rank in the top 25 when it comes to teacher pay. “Last year, we…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Education, health care, and tax cuts are all expected to be highlights of this evening’s speech. Some of those goals were laid out in the governor’s proposed spending plan released earlier this month. That included raising teacher pay by three thousand dollars, and expanding full-day Pre-K to all four year olds from lower income families across…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –State lawmakers continue to go back-and-forth about the state of education in South Carolina, but some are making a stand against legislation pushing for the use of school choice vouchers. A school choice voucher uses government funding to give students a choice of what school they could attend. On Wednesday, several Democratic lawmakers joined with educators to…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — On Wednesday, people in support of legalizing medical marijuana took to the State House to call on legislators to pass a medical cannabis program this session. South Carolina patients, health care professionals, and veterans were in attendance. They’re urging lawmakers to legalize medical cannabis and pass what they’re calling the ‘Compassionate Care Act.’ They said legislators,…
